. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/DOM/4 
12 June 2008 
 (08-2748) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture (SEA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  All products of agricultural origin (pla nts, animals, products and by-products) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
Members of the World Trade Organization  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Decreto 52-08 sobre el 
"Reglamento para la Aplicación General de Regl as Básicas de Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas y 
de Buenas Prácticas Ganaderas"  (Decree No. 52-08 on "Regulations for the General 
Application of Basic Rules of Good Agricu ltural Practices and Good Animal Husbandry 
Practices") (available in Spanish, 14 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The purpose of this regulation is to establish guidelines for the 
application of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Good Animal Husbandry Practices 
(GAHP) in the agricultural production process and the basic requirements applicable to the 
production, packaging and transportation of agricultural products. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety,  [ ] animal health,  [ ] plant protection, [  ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests  
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or  recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Decreto 52-08 sobre 
el "Reglamento para la Aplicación General de Re glas Básicas de Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas 
y de Buenas Prácticas Ganaderas"  (Decree No. 52-08 on "Regulations for the General 
Application of Basic Rules of Good Agricu ltural Practices and Good Animal Husbandry 
Practices") (available in Spanish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  4 February 2008 G/SPS/N/DOM/4 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  4 February 2008 
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ms Nora Gómez Guzmán 
Directora de la Oficina de Tratados Comerciales Agrícolas (OTCA) Secretaría Ejecutiva del Comité MSF-RD Punto de Contacto/Servicio Nacional de Información MSF ante la OMC C/ Manuel de Jesús Goico Castro No. 20 (antigua C/ Zeta) Apartado postal No. 10119 
Santo Domingo, D.N. 
Dominican Republic Tel.: +(809) 547 1575;  +(809) 227 6188 and +(809) 227 3164 Fax: +(809) 540 5943 E-mail: noragomezguzman@gmail.com; rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com 
Web site:  www.agricultura.gov.do
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ms Nora Gómez Guzmán 
Directora de la Oficina de Tratados Comerciales Agrícolas (OTCA) Secretaría Ejecutiva del Comité MSF-RD Punto de Contacto/Servicio Nacional de Información MSF ante la OMC 
C/ Manuel de Jesús Goico Castro No. 20 (antigua C/ Zeta) 
Apartado postal No. 10119 Santo Domingo, D.N. Dominican Republic Tel.: +(809) 547 1575;  +(809) 227 6188 and +(809) 227 3164 
Fax: +(809) 540 5943 
E-mail: noragomezguzman@gmail.com; rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com Web site:  www.agricultura.gov.do